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- the disclosed embodiments are directed in general to the efficient floorplanning of integrated circuits. More specifically, the disclosed embodiments are directed to systems and methods for floorplanning a 3D integrated circuit that minimizes wirelength and improves the overall power/performance envelope of the design.
- a floorplan of an integrated circuit is a schematic representation of tentative placement of its major functional blocks.
- floorplans are created during the floorplanning stage, which is an early stage in the hierarchical approach to chip design.
- Floorplanning takes into account some of the geometrical constraints in a design, including for example the location of bonding pads for off-chip connections.
- a 3D semiconductor device (or stacked IC device) can contain two or more semiconductor devices stacked vertically so they occupy less space than two or more conventionally arranged semiconductor devices.
- the stacked IC device is a single integrated circuit built by stacking silicon wafers and/or ICs and interconnecting them vertically so that they behave as a single device.
- the stacked semiconductor devices are wired together using input/output ports either at the perimeter of the device or across the area of the device or both.
- the input/output ports slightly increase the length and width of the assembly.
- through-silicon vias TSVs
- TSVs through-silicon vias
- stacked IC devices can pack a great deal of functionality into a small footprint. This TSV technique is sometimes also referred to as TSS (Through Silicon Stacking).
- Device scaling and interconnect performance mismatch has increased exponentially (i.e., up to 50 ⁇ for global and up to 163 ⁇ for local interconnects) and is expected to continue to increase even further.
- This exponential increase in device and interconnect performance mismatch has forced designers to use techniques such as heavy buffering of global interconnects which subsequently has increased chip area and power.
- Current 3D methodologies only try to assemble 2D blocks into 3D stacks. This approach only helps to reduce the inter-block nets, if applicable, and does not leverage the 3D-IC within the blocks and further improvements are left on the table.
- the following two references disclose known 3D block-level TSV planning and 3D floorplanning of 2D blocks, respectively: D. H. Kim, R. O. Topaloglu and S. K.
- the disclosed embodiments are directed to systems and method for floorplanning an integrated circuit design using a mix of 2D and 3D blocks that provide a significant improvement over existing 3D design methodologies.
- the disclosed embodiments provide better floorplan solutions that further minimize wirelength and improve the overall power/performance envelope of the designs,
- the disclosed embodiments include methodologies that may be used to construct new 3D IP blocks to be used in designs that are built using monolithic 3D integration technology.
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- IP blocks/cores are typically pre-designed circuitry that can be used as building blocks for a larger design that includes the pre-designed block.
- the disclosed embodiments include a method of generating a library of blocks to be floorplanned, the steps comprising: assembling a plurality of blocks comprising 2D implementations and 3D implementations; providing a first additional tier for at least one of said plurality of blocks and generating a first re-implementation of said at least one of said plurality of blocks that includes said first additional tier; evaluating at least one performance objective of said first re-implementation to determine whether said at least one performance objective has improved; and adding said first re-implementation to the library of blocks to be floorplanned if a result of said evaluating step is that said at least one performance objective has improved,
- the above-described method may further comprise the steps of: if said at least one performance parameter improved, providing a second additional tier for said at least one of said plurality of blocks and generating a second reimplementation of said at least one of said plurality of blocks that includes said second additional tier; further evaluating said at least one performance objective for said second re-implementation to
- the above-described methods of the disclosed embodiments may further include: the step of adding said 3D implementations to the library of blocks to be floorplanned; floorplanning the library of blocks wherein said floorplanning utilizes a simulated annealing 3D floorplan engine and comprises monolithic 3D floorplanning having a network of high density vias; and the step of using said 3D floorplanning to generate an IP block that may be used for a larger design that includes the IP block.
- FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of the disclosed embodiments illustrating a basic methodology to characterize existing 2D and/or 3D blocks into improved, re-implemented counterpart blocks, if applicable, to improve their power/performance envelope with respect to those of the existing 2D and/or 3D blocks;
- FIG. 2 is a flow diagram further illustrating 3D floorplanning of the disclosed embodiments using a mix of improved, re-implemented 2D and/or 3D blocks and a simulated annealing framework to implement the disclosed 3D floorplanning engine;
- FIG. 3 is an example of a 3D floorplan with one block being implemented in 3D and rest in 2D;
- FIG. 4 illustrates the 3D pin assignment of the block design of the disclosed embodiments.
- FIG. 1 is a flow diagram illustrating a basic methodology of the disclosed embodiment.
- the methodology 100 of FIG. 1 characterizes or re-implements existing 2D and/or 3D blocks into multiple counterpart blocks (which may also be 2D and/or 3D), if applicable, to improve their power/performance envelope with respect to those of the existing 2D and/or 3D blocks. Some blocks may perform better when folded across additional tiers. The goal is to further expand and re-implement the existing blocks to come up with a set of improved blocks that outperform their counterparts.
- Methodology 100 starts at step 102 with an initial netlist that includes existing 2D and/or 3D blocks.
- the number of tiers is increased, and the initial block is then re-implemented at step 106 .
- the re-implementation includes partitioning the netlist across the tiers, placing and routing each tier, and inserting vias.
- a netlist is a boolean algebra representation of a logical function implemented as generic gates or process specific standard cells.
- the vias are preferably high density inter-tier vias.
- Step 108 evaluates the objective to determine whether the additional tier added at step 104 improved the design. For example, a weighted sum of the total silicon area, timing and power may be considered the objective. Because the blocks are much smaller than the entire design it is preferable to use at step 108 post-layout timing, power and area values for increased accuracy.
- methodology 100 determines that the most recently added tier did not improve the block, and methodology 100 stops. Thereby, methodology 100 identifies blocks that perform better when folded across additional tiers, resulting in a set/library of improved, re-implemented blocks (step 110 ) that outperform their existing 2D and/or 3D counterparts.
- FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of another methodology 200 that further illustrates 3D floorplanning of the disclosed embodiments using the improved, re-implemented mix of 2D and 3D blocks.
- a set of blocks including the block collection developed at step 110 of FIG. 1
- Each block comes as 2D and 3D implementations with varying number of tiers, timing, power and area footprint.
- the objective is determined by the weighted sum of area footprint, wire length and delay. Other derivative objective functions could be considered depending on the specific design.
- the output is to determine (i) the choice of block implementation for each block (i.e., 2D or 3D) and (ii) the (x, y, z) coordinate of each block that minimizes the above objective function.
- Methodology 200 of FIG. 2 shows a simulated annealing framework to implement the disclosed 3D floorplanning engine.
- Simulated annealing is an artificial intelligence technique based on the behavior of cooling metal. It can be used to find solutions to difficult or impossible combinatorial optimization problems.
- Methodology 200 begins at step 202 by identifying an initial solution wherein a global parameter T is set to an initial value of T 0 .
- the global parameter T is generally referred to as a temperature, T is not related to a physical temperature. Instead, T is a global parameter used to control advancement of the simulated annealing-based 3D floorplan engine, Step 204 then perturbs a solution, and step 206 evaluates whether a quality of service (QoS) parameter is below its best level.
- QoS quality of service
- QoS is the ability to provide different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow. For example, a required bit rate, delay, jitter, packet dropping probability and/or bit error rate may be guaranteed.
- methodology 200 accepts at step 208 the solution having a probability proportional to T, then proceeds to step 212 . If the determination at step 206 is yes, methodology 200 accepts the solution at step 210 , then proceeds to step 212 . Step 212 determines whether the number of moves is greater than the maximum moves for a given T, which is set at Mmax. If the answer to step 212 is no, methodology 200 returns to step 204 and further perturbs the solution.
- step 214 lowers global parameter T, then evaluates at step 216 whether T is now less than Tmin (a stopping “temperature”). If the answer to step 216 is yes, methodology 200 stops. If the answer to step 216 is no, methodology 200 returns to step 204 and further perturbs the solution.
- FIG. 3 is an example of a multi-tier integrated circuit floorplan 10 that can result from the methodologies 100 , 200 of FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- the overall floorplan 10 is 3D, with one block being implemented in 3D and the rest in 2D.
- the multi-tier integrated circuit 10 includes a first tier 12 and a second tier 14 .
- One block 30 is implemented in 3D spanning tier 12 and tier 14 .
- the remaining block, 20 a , 20 b , 20 c , 20 d and 20 e are implemented in 2D and spread distributed between tier 12 and tier 14 .
- a network of vias (represented by arrow 32 ) provide communication paths for the multi-tier integrated circuit 10 .
- FIG. 4 illustrates a methodology 300 for making pin assignments for the 3D block design of the disclosed embodiments.
- the block netlist is evaluated and step 302 determines whether the 3D block is a hard macro. As a hard macro, the logic components and the physical pathways and wiring patterns between the components are specified. Thus, if the 3D block is a hard macro, the pin assignment as well as the block design have already been done. If the 3D block is not a hard macro, the interconnections of the required logic elements have been specified but not the physical wiring pattern. Hence, the 3D block is a soft macro. If the 3D block is a soft macro, the methodology 300 at step 304 allows the pins to be on each tier of the block then performs 3D floorplanning. Knowing the floorplan solution/inter-block connectivity, the pin locations can now be fixed. Using the pin assignment and a partitioning solution across the tiers, step 306 implements the block. The partitioning can be done using 2D or 3D methodologies.
- the disclosed embodiments are particularly advantageous when the 3D implementation technology is of a type known generally as “monolithic.”
- monolithic 3D integrated circuits electronic components and their connections (wiring) are built sequentially in layers on a single semiconductor wafer, which is then diced into 3D ICs. Initially each subsequent layer has no devices in it, hence there is no need for alignment resulting in greater integration density.
- a network of high density vias provides the communication paths for monolithic 3D ICs.
- the disclosed embodiments include methodologies that may be used to construct new 3D IP blocks to be used in designs that are built using monolithic 3D integration technology.
- the new 3D IP blocks/cores of the disclosed embodiments can be utilized as reusable units of logic, cell, or chip layouts, which may be used for a larger design that includes the pre-designed block.
- an embodiment of the invention can include a computer readable media embodying a method for performing the disclosed and claimed embodiment. Accordingly, the invention is not limited to illustrated examples and any means for performing the functionality described herein are included in embodiments of the invention.
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- The present application for patent claims priority to the following:
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- Provisional Application No. 61/730,743 entitled “3D FLOORPLANNING USING 2D AND 3D BLOCKS,” filed Nov. 28, 2012, and assigned to the assignee hereof and hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.
- Provisional Application No. 61/730,755 entitled “CLOCK DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR 3D INTEGRATED CIRCUIT,” filed Nov. 28, 2012, and assigned to the assignee hereof and hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.
- The present application for patent is related to the following co-pending U.S. patent application(s):
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- “MONOLITHIC 3D IC FLIP-FLOP DESIGN” by Yang Du, Jing Xie and Kambiz Samadi, having Attorney Docket No. 123412, filed Mar. 5, 2013, assigned to the assignee hereof, and expressly incorporated by reference herein;
- “MONOLITHIC THREE DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS” by Yang Du, having Attorney Docket No. 120600, filed Mar. 7, 2013, assigned to the assignee hereof, and expressly incorporated by reference herein; and
- “CLOCK DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR 3D INTEGRATED CIRCUIT” by Kambiz Samadi, Shreepad Panth, Jing Xie and Yang Du, having Attorney Docket No. 124318, filed [****] assigned to the assignee hereof, and expressly incorporated by reference herein.
- The disclosed embodiments are directed in general to the efficient floorplanning of integrated circuits. More specifically, the disclosed embodiments are directed to systems and methods for floorplanning a 3D integrated circuit that minimizes wirelength and improves the overall power/performance envelope of the design.
- In electronic design automation, a floorplan of an integrated circuit is a schematic representation of tentative placement of its major functional blocks. In modern electronic design process, floorplans are created during the floorplanning stage, which is an early stage in the hierarchical approach to chip design. Floorplanning takes into account some of the geometrical constraints in a design, including for example the location of bonding pads for off-chip connections.
- It would be advantageous to implement flip-flops and other integrated circuitry in a 3D format. A 3D semiconductor device (or stacked IC device) can contain two or more semiconductor devices stacked vertically so they occupy less space than two or more conventionally arranged semiconductor devices. The stacked IC device is a single integrated circuit built by stacking silicon wafers and/or ICs and interconnecting them vertically so that they behave as a single device.
- Conventionally, the stacked semiconductor devices are wired together using input/output ports either at the perimeter of the device or across the area of the device or both. The input/output ports slightly increase the length and width of the assembly. In some new 3D stacks, through-silicon vias (TSVs) completely or partly replace edge wiring by creating vertical connections through the body of the semiconductor device. By using TSV technology, stacked IC devices can pack a great deal of functionality into a small footprint. This TSV technique is sometimes also referred to as TSS (Through Silicon Stacking).
- Device scaling and interconnect performance mismatch has increased exponentially (i.e., up to 50× for global and up to 163× for local interconnects) and is expected to continue to increase even further. This exponential increase in device and interconnect performance mismatch has forced designers to use techniques such as heavy buffering of global interconnects which subsequently has increased chip area and power. Current 3D methodologies only try to assemble 2D blocks into 3D stacks. This approach only helps to reduce the inter-block nets, if applicable, and does not leverage the 3D-IC within the blocks and further improvements are left on the table. The following two references disclose known 3D block-level TSV planning and 3D floorplanning of 2D blocks, respectively: D. H. Kim, R. O. Topaloglu and S. K. Lim, “Block-
Level 3D IC Design with Through-Silicon-Via Planning”, Proc. ASPDAC, 2011, pp. 335-340; and J. Knechtet I. Markov and J. Lienig, “Assembling 2-D Blocks Into Chips”, IEEE Trans. On CAD, 2012, pp. 228-241. - Accordingly, there is a need for systems and methods to improve the capabilities of 3D designs, thereby minimizing wirelength and improving the overall power/performance envelope of the 3D design.
- The disclosed embodiments are directed to systems and method for floorplanning an integrated circuit design using a mix of 2D and 3D blocks that provide a significant improvement over existing 3D design methodologies. The disclosed embodiments provide better floorplan solutions that further minimize wirelength and improve the overall power/performance envelope of the designs, The disclosed embodiments include methodologies that may be used to construct new 3D IP blocks to be used in designs that are built using monolithic 3D integration technology. In electronic design a semiconductor intellectual property (IP) core or IP block is a reusable unit of logic, cell, or chip layout design. IP blocks/cores are typically pre-designed circuitry that can be used as building blocks for a larger design that includes the pre-designed block.
- More specifically, the disclosed embodiments include a method of generating a library of blocks to be floorplanned, the steps comprising: assembling a plurality of blocks comprising 2D implementations and 3D implementations; providing a first additional tier for at least one of said plurality of blocks and generating a first re-implementation of said at least one of said plurality of blocks that includes said first additional tier; evaluating at least one performance objective of said first re-implementation to determine whether said at least one performance objective has improved; and adding said first re-implementation to the library of blocks to be floorplanned if a result of said evaluating step is that said at least one performance objective has improved, The above-described method may further comprise the steps of: if said at least one performance parameter improved, providing a second additional tier for said at least one of said plurality of blocks and generating a second reimplementation of said at least one of said plurality of blocks that includes said second additional tier; further evaluating said at least one performance objective for said second re-implementation to determine whether said at least one performance objective has improved; and adding said second re-implementation to the library of blocks to be floorplanned if a result of said further evaluating step is that said at least one performance objective has improved.
- The above-described methods of the disclosed embodiments may further include: the step of adding said 3D implementations to the library of blocks to be floorplanned; floorplanning the library of blocks wherein said floorplanning utilizes a simulated annealing 3D floorplan engine and comprises monolithic 3D floorplanning having a network of high density vias; and the step of using said 3D floorplanning to generate an IP block that may be used for a larger design that includes the IP block.
- The accompanying drawings are presented to aid in the description of disclosed embodiments and are provided solely for illustration of the embodiments and not limitation thereof.
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FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of the disclosed embodiments illustrating a basic methodology to characterize existing 2D and/or 3D blocks into improved, re-implemented counterpart blocks, if applicable, to improve their power/performance envelope with respect to those of the existing 2D and/or 3D blocks; -
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram further illustrating 3D floorplanning of the disclosed embodiments using a mix of improved, re-implemented 2D and/or 3D blocks and a simulated annealing framework to implement the disclosed 3D floorplanning engine; -
FIG. 3 is an example of a 3D floorplan with one block being implemented in 3D and rest in 2D; and -
FIG. 4 illustrates the 3D pin assignment of the block design of the disclosed embodiments. - Aspects of the invention are disclosed in the following description and related drawings directed to specific embodiments of the invention. Alternate embodiments may be devised without departing from the scope of the invention. Additionally, well-known elements of the invention will not be described in detail or will be omitted so as not to obscure the relevant details of the invention.
- The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any embodiment described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. Likewise, the terms “embodiments of the invention” does not require that all embodiments of the invention include the discussed feature, advantage or mode of operation.
- The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of embodiments of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises”, “comprising,”, “includes” and/or “including”, when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
- Further, many embodiments are described in terms of sequences of actions to be performed by, for example, elements of a computing device. It will be recognized that various actions described herein can be performed by specific circuits (e.g., application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)), by program instructions being executed by one or more processors, or by a combination of both. Additionally, the sequence of actions described herein can be considered to be embodied entirely within any form of computer readable storage medium having stored therein a corresponding set of computer instructions that upon execution would cause an associated processor to perform the functionality described herein, Thus, the various aspects of the invention may be embodied in a number of different forms, all of which have been contemplated to be within the scope of the claimed subject matter. In addition, for each of the embodiments described herein, the corresponding form of any such embodiments may be described herein as, for example, “logic configured to” perform the described action.
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FIG. 1 is a flow diagram illustrating a basic methodology of the disclosed embodiment. Themethodology 100 ofFIG. 1 characterizes or re-implements existing 2D and/or 3D blocks into multiple counterpart blocks (which may also be 2D and/or 3D), if applicable, to improve their power/performance envelope with respect to those of the existing 2D and/or 3D blocks. Some blocks may perform better when folded across additional tiers. The goal is to further expand and re-implement the existing blocks to come up with a set of improved blocks that outperform their counterparts.Methodology 100 starts atstep 102 with an initial netlist that includes existing 2D and/or 3D blocks. Atstep 104, the number of tiers is increased, and the initial block is then re-implemented atstep 106. The re-implementation includes partitioning the netlist across the tiers, placing and routing each tier, and inserting vias. In general, a netlist is a boolean algebra representation of a logical function implemented as generic gates or process specific standard cells. For monolithic 3D applications, the vias are preferably high density inter-tier vias. Step 108 evaluates the objective to determine whether the additional tier added atstep 104 improved the design. For example, a weighted sum of the total silicon area, timing and power may be considered the objective. Because the blocks are much smaller than the entire design it is preferable to use atstep 108 post-layout timing, power and area values for increased accuracy. If the evaluation atstep 108 is satisfactory, i.e., the additional tier improved the block, the improved block is added to the block collection atstep 110, and themethodology 100 returns to block 104 to further increase the number of tiers. If the evaluation atstep 108 is unsatisfactory,methodology 100 determines that the most recently added tier did not improve the block, andmethodology 100 stops. Thereby,methodology 100 identifies blocks that perform better when folded across additional tiers, resulting in a set/library of improved, re-implemented blocks (step 110) that outperform their existing 2D and/or 3D counterparts. -
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of anothermethodology 200 that further illustrates 3D floorplanning of the disclosed embodiments using the improved, re-implemented mix of 2D and 3D blocks. In the disclosed design scenario, a set of blocks (including the block collection developed atstep 110 ofFIG. 1 ) must be floorplanned into a 3D stack. Each block comes as 2D and 3D implementations with varying number of tiers, timing, power and area footprint. The objective is determined by the weighted sum of area footprint, wire length and delay. Other derivative objective functions could be considered depending on the specific design. The output is to determine (i) the choice of block implementation for each block (i.e., 2D or 3D) and (ii) the (x, y, z) coordinate of each block that minimizes the above objective function. -
Methodology 200 ofFIG. 2 shows a simulated annealing framework to implement the disclosed 3D floorplanning engine. Simulated annealing is an artificial intelligence technique based on the behavior of cooling metal. It can be used to find solutions to difficult or impossible combinatorial optimization problems.Methodology 200 begins atstep 202 by identifying an initial solution wherein a global parameter T is set to an initial value of T0. Although the global parameter T is generally referred to as a temperature, T is not related to a physical temperature. Instead, T is a global parameter used to control advancement of the simulated annealing-based 3D floorplan engine,Step 204 then perturbs a solution, and step 206 evaluates whether a quality of service (QoS) parameter is below its best level. QoS is the ability to provide different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow. For example, a required bit rate, delay, jitter, packet dropping probability and/or bit error rate may be guaranteed. If the determination atstep 206 is no,methodology 200 accepts atstep 208 the solution having a probability proportional to T, then proceeds to step 212. If the determination atstep 206 is yes,methodology 200 accepts the solution atstep 210, then proceeds to step 212. Step 212 determines whether the number of moves is greater than the maximum moves for a given T, which is set at Mmax. If the answer to step 212 is no,methodology 200 returns to step 204 and further perturbs the solution. If the answer to step 212 is yes, step 214 lowers global parameter T, then evaluates atstep 216 whether T is now less than Tmin (a stopping “temperature”). If the answer to step 216 is yes,methodology 200 stops. If the answer to step 216 is no,methodology 200 returns to step 204 and further perturbs the solution. -
FIG. 3 is an example of a multi-tierintegrated circuit floorplan 10 that can result from themethodologies FIGS. 1 and 2 . Theoverall floorplan 10 is 3D, with one block being implemented in 3D and the rest in 2D. As illustrated, the multi-tierintegrated circuit 10 includes afirst tier 12 and asecond tier 14. Oneblock 30 is implemented in3D spanning tier 12 andtier 14. The remaining block, 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, 20 d and 20 e are implemented in 2D and spread distributed betweentier 12 andtier 14. A network of vias (represented by arrow 32) provide communication paths for the multi-tierintegrated circuit 10. -
FIG. 4 illustrates amethodology 300 for making pin assignments for the 3D block design of the disclosed embodiments. The block netlist is evaluated and step 302 determines whether the 3D block is a hard macro. As a hard macro, the logic components and the physical pathways and wiring patterns between the components are specified. Thus, if the 3D block is a hard macro, the pin assignment as well as the block design have already been done. If the 3D block is not a hard macro, the interconnections of the required logic elements have been specified but not the physical wiring pattern. Hence, the 3D block is a soft macro. If the 3D block is a soft macro, themethodology 300 atstep 304 allows the pins to be on each tier of the block then performs 3D floorplanning. Knowing the floorplan solution/inter-block connectivity, the pin locations can now be fixed. Using the pin assignment and a partitioning solution across the tiers, step 306 implements the block. The partitioning can be done using 2D or 3D methodologies. - The disclosed embodiments are particularly advantageous when the 3D implementation technology is of a type known generally as “monolithic.” In monolithic 3D integrated circuits, electronic components and their connections (wiring) are built sequentially in layers on a single semiconductor wafer, which is then diced into 3D ICs. Initially each subsequent layer has no devices in it, hence there is no need for alignment resulting in greater integration density. A network of high density vias provides the communication paths for monolithic 3D ICs. Further, the disclosed embodiments include methodologies that may be used to construct new 3D IP blocks to be used in designs that are built using monolithic 3D integration technology. The new 3D IP blocks/cores of the disclosed embodiments can be utilized as reusable units of logic, cell, or chip layouts, which may be used for a larger design that includes the pre-designed block.
- While the foregoing disclosure and illustrations show embodiments of the invention, it should be noted that various changes and modifications could be made herein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. For example, the functions, steps and/or actions of the method claims in accordance with the embodiments of the invention described herein need not be performed in any particular order. Furthermore, although elements of the invention may be described or claimed in the singular, the plural is contemplated unless limitation to the singular is explicitly stated.
- Those of skill in the relevant arts will also appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.
- The methods, sequences and/or algorithms described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two, A software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor, Accordingly, an embodiment of the invention can include a computer readable media embodying a method for performing the disclosed and claimed embodiment. Accordingly, the invention is not limited to illustrated examples and any means for performing the functionality described herein are included in embodiments of the invention.
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